Roseville vs St. Paul

A side-by-side comparison of Roseville and St. Paul: population, income, housing, and more.

Roseville and St. Paul are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Paul has the higher population (307,762 vs 35,905 in Roseville). Roseville has the higher median household income ($88,440 vs $73,055 in St. Paul). Roseville has the higher median home value ($334,800 vs $280,300 in St. Paul).

Population, income & housing

	Roseville	St. Paul
Population	35,905	307,762
Median age	41.2 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,440	$73,055
Median home value	$334,800	$280,300
Median gross rent	$1,346	$1,248
Housing units	16,589	131,376
Homeownership rate	67.7%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roseville	St. Paul
Population	36,026 → 35,905 (-0.3%)	304,547 → 307,762 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$71,180 → $88,440 (+24.2%)	$57,876 → $73,055 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$254,200 → $334,800 (+31.7%)	$208,000 → $280,300 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,050 → $1,346 (+28.2%)	$968 → $1,248 (+28.9%)

Roseville

Population

36,02635,905

Median household income

$71,180$88,440

Median home value

$254,200$334,800

Median gross rent

$1,050$1,346

St. Paul

Population

304,547307,762

Median household income

$57,876$73,055

Median home value

$208,000$280,300

Median gross rent

$968$1,248

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roseville	St. Paul
Under 5	5.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	12.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	10.3%	10.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	18.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	7.9%
75 and over	11.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roseville	St. Paul
White (non-Hispanic)	70.4%	50.6%
Black or African American	8.4%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	8.1%	17.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.3%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roseville	St. Paul
No high school diploma	4.9%	11.1%
High school graduate	19.3%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roseville	St. Paul
Drove alone	66.6%	59.3%
Carpooled	7.9%	10.0%
Public transit	1.5%	6.5%
Walked	2.3%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.8%
Worked from home	20.0%	18.3%
Other means	1.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roseville	St. Paul
1-unit, detached	54.8%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	11.7%
20 or more units	28.0%	24.8%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Roseville	St. Paul
Poverty rate	7.2%	15.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1968	1952